Tool-holder



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE@ FRANCIS T. CORDIS, OF LONG MEADOW, MASSACHUSETTS.

TOOL-HOLDER;

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,377, dated July 17, 1866.

To all lwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, F. T. CORDIS, of Iiong Meadow, Hampden county, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Holder for Round Articles, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a 'nll and exact description thereof, reference bein g had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a section through the same. Figs. 3 and 4 showthe operation of the disk A in holding a cylinder, B.

The subject of this invention is a small con pact article that can be attached to any wall or other desirable situation and take the place of nails, hooks, 8mo., in holding various articles of diii'erent sizes.

In construction it consists ofthe case or frame C, which is attached to the wall by the part D, which extends downward and through which screws pass to fasten it at a a a. Inside this frame the disk A, of rubber or other elastic material, is fastened bythe ring E, which is set down over it and fastened there by means of the screws b b b.

Instead of this mode of fastening th'e rubber in place I sometimes cast projections on the inside of the case C at o c c, and spring under them a wire ring, and thus hold the disk in position. This disk has two cuts, d d, made in it at right angles to each other and passing through the center of the disk, so as to form projections e e, &c., which impinge on any body inserted in the slots, as shown at Figs. 3 and 4, and thus support it.

The utility of this invention will readily be seen, as with many articles, such as brooms,

whips, hoes, axes, etc., it is very inconvenient to attach strings to them for the purpose of hanging` them to nails or hooks, and if attached are continually breaking, while with this simple arrangement no strings are required, but the handle is inserted as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and anything from a penholder to a pickax will be held and supported. These holders cnn be arranged singly, as here shown, or a number of them may be placed in a trame together, as will probably sometimes be convenient.

Now, having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufact-ure, the holder constructed substantially in the manner herein set forth.

FRANCIS T. CORDIS.

Witnesses J. B. GARDTNER, J. E. FULLER. 

